JPH0730077Y2 - Drawing toys - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a drawing toy that utilizes light.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as a drawing toy for relatively young children, when a rod-shaped pen with a rounded tip is moved in any direction on the screen, the trace becomes a line and the desired picture is drawn. It is known that you can draw.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in such a conventional drawing toy, since the lines and figures appearing on the relatively bright screen are black or a color close to black, a pencil or the like can be easily drawn on a blank sheet of paper. There was not much difference in appearance from the case of drawing with, and there was a problem that the picture drawn in the drawing was difficult to see in a dark place.

The purpose of the present invention is to express a picture by light,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a drawing toy that gives an impression different from the one drawn with a conventional drawing toy, and that it can be drawn even in a dark place, and that pictures and figures appear prominently.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A drawing toy according to the present invention includes a light-shielding plate in which a large number of holes through which light is transmitted and recesses formed in a stepwise pattern following the holes are arranged.
The light shield includes a light shield made of a magnetic material having a shape that shields the hole from the front surface side of the light shield plate, a light-transmissive surface plate that covers the surface of the light shield plate, and a light source arranged on the back surface side of the light shield plate. The magnet is positioned on the surface plate in a state where the object is put in the hole of the light shielding plate, and the magnetic force moves the light shielding object from the hole to the concave portion to allow light to pass through the hole of the light shielding plate.

In the toy of the present invention, it is preferable that the front plate is formed of a colored transparent plate having a low brightness, and the milky white rear plate is arranged on the back side of the light shielding plate. Also, attach a magnet to the tip of the pen,
Hold the pen on the face plate and move the magnet. Further, a disc-shaped color filter divided into a plurality of color regions is rotatably arranged between the light shield and the light source, and the color of the light passing through the hole of the light shield is changed by manually rotating the color filter. It should be set to.

The "picture" referred to in the present specification includes not only a figure composed of dots and lines, but also all shapes such as characters and symbols.

[Operation] First, in order to prevent light from illuminating the back side of the shading plate from the light source from passing through the holes of the shading plate and preventing any light from appearing in the drawing, all the holes of the shading plate should be covered with a shading object. It is in a closed state. This can be easily achieved by changing the inclination of the light shield plate for the entire toy and inserting a light shield in the hole of the light shield plate.

Next, when the toy of the present invention is placed in an appropriate place and a magnet is placed at an appropriate position in the drawing, the light-shielding object corresponding to that position moves out of the hole of the light-shielding plate and moves to the recess due to the magnetic force. .
As a result, the light passes through the opened holes of the light shielding plate and appears as a light spot on the screen. This occurs sequentially when the magnet is moved in any direction on the screen along the trajectory of the movement, so that a picture composed of dotted lines of light is drawn on the screen. If you want to erase the picture drawn in this way and draw a new picture, you can return all the light shields to the holes in the light shield, as in the beginning.

In the toy of the present invention, the light-shielding plate can be hidden by making the surface plate a colored transparent plate having low lightness, and the screen can be displayed like a blackboard. By disposing the milky white back plate on the back side of the light shield plate, the light from the light source can be uniformly applied to the entire back surface of the light shield plate. Also, by attaching the magnet to the tip of the pen, it becomes a writing instrument, and the magnet can be easily moved on the screen. Furthermore, by arranging a color filter between the light shielding plate and the light source, color is given to the light spot appearing on the screen, and by appropriately turning the color filter,
You can change the color of the picture drawn on the screen.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is an external view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the screen portion of the embodiment with the screen part removed and partially cut away.

The drawing toy 1 of the embodiment has a rectangular screen 3 formed on a slanted front surface of a housing 2, a power switch 4 is arranged at a lower portion of the front surface, and a groove 6 for accommodating two or three pens 5 is provided. There is. Further, a part of a dial 8 for changing the color of light is exposed from a laterally elongated opening 7 formed at the center of the bottom surface of the front part of the housing 2 as described later. The outer peripheral surface of the dial 8 is provided with a waveform that engages with a small gear described later.

The pen 5 has a magnet 9 attached to its tip instead of the core of a normal writing instrument. When used, as shown in FIG. 7, the pen 5 is held and the magnet 9 of the pen tip is moved in any direction on the screen 3. When it is moved to, a light spot 10 as shown in FIG. 1 appears along the moved locus. Thereby, a desired line drawing can be drawn. The size and shape of the magnet are arbitrary, and a magnet 9'that can generate two or more light spots 10 at the same time is attached to the tip of the pen 5'in the groove 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, the screen 3 is formed by laminating a light-transmissive front plate 11, a light-shielding plate 12 that blocks light, and a light-transmissive rear plate 13, and is formed in a rectangular front opening of the housing 2. It is installed.

The surface plate 11 is made of a material that allows light to pass therethrough, but in order to hide the surface of the light shielding plate 12 and to make the light spot 10 appearing on the screen 3 more vivid, it is colored black or a low brightness color close to it. It is preferably formed of a transparent plate.

The light-shielding plate 12, as shown in FIGS.
Circular small hole 14 and a recess formed in a staircase diagonally below it
A large number (eg, 20 in the vertical direction and 30 in the lateral direction) of 15 are arranged and formed inside each of the holes 14 and the recess 15 as a light shield made of a magnetic material having a shape to shield the holes 14 (for example, the diameter of the holes 14 (for example, A ball 16 that is slightly larger than 2-4 mm) is movably stored. Recess
The depth d of 15 is slightly larger than the diameter of the iron ball 16.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG.
When the magnet 9 is positioned on the surface plate 11 in the state of being put in the 14, the magnetic force causes the iron ball 16 to come out of the hole 14 and move to the recess 15. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the hole 14 of the light shielding plate 12 is opened and light can be transmitted.

The back plate 13 is preferably formed of a milky white plate so that the light from the light source described later illuminates the entire back surface of the light shielding plate 12 evenly, but this may be omitted.

On the other hand, the inside of the front opening of the housing 2 is surrounded by a light-reflecting surface 17 having a substantially quadrangular pyramid shape whose cross section becomes smaller obliquely rearward, and a spindle-shaped light-reflecting member 18 having sharpened ends at the center thereof. A circular opening 19 through which light from a light source, which will be described later, passes is formed behind the circular opening 19. Therefore, the light emitted from the light source strikes the lower surface of the light reflection member 18 through the opening 19, is reflected, and is reflected by the light reflection surface 17 according to the reflection angle and travels toward the back plate 13. The entire back surface of 3 is efficiently irradiated with light.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, a back cover 21 is mounted on the back surface of the housing 2 and is rotatable around a shaft pin 20 provided at the bottom as a fulcrum, and a light bulb 22 serving as a light source is mounted on the upper inside thereof. . Below that, there is a battery compartment that detachably accommodates the battery 23 used as the power source for this toy.
It is supposed to close at 21. Although the wiring is omitted in the figure, the contact portion of the light bulb 21 is electrically connected to the battery 23 through the power switch 4.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a color filter formed by mounting a circular color film 25 on one surface of a transparent disc-shaped gear 24 between the opening 19 of the light reflecting surface 17 and the light bulb 22. 26 are provided. In this case, the color film 25 is given a different color in each of the four divided areas of the circle. For example, four color regions of blue, yellow, green, and red are formed. The color filter 26 is arranged such that one part thereof from the center is located above the light bulb 22, and is rotatably supported by an axis (not shown) passing through the center.

The inner bottom of the housing 2 has a small gear at each of the upper and lower ends.
A rotary shaft 29 to which 27 and 28 are fixedly arranged is arranged. The pinion gear 27 at the upper end of the rotary shaft 29 engages with the outer peripheral corrugation of the dial 8, and the pinion gear 28 at the lower end meshes with the outer peripheral teeth of the color filter 26.

Therefore, when you turn the dial 8 with your finger, its rotation
The color area of the color film 25 located above the light bulb 22 is transmitted to the color filter 26 via the. Thereby, the color of the light passing through the hole 14 of the light shielding plate 12 can be changed appropriately.

Since the drawing toy 1 of the embodiment is configured as described above,
Its usage is as follows.

First, in order to prevent the light spot 10 from appearing on the screen 3 when the power switch 4 is turned on and the light bulb 22 is turned on,
All the iron balls 16 are put in the holes 14 of the light shielding plate 12. This can be easily achieved by changing the inclination of the screen 3 for the entire toy.

Next, when the toy is placed as shown in FIG. 7 and the pen 5 is held in the hand and the magnet 9 is moved in any direction on the surface plate 11, the iron is moved along the moved locus as described above. The sphere 16 moves out of the hole 14 of the light shielding plate 12 and moves to the recess 15. As a result, light is transmitted through the open holes 14 of the light shield plate 12 and appears as a light spot on the screen 3. This occurs sequentially with the movement of the pen tip magnet 9, so that a picture composed of a desired line figure can be drawn on the screen 3. At that time, by appropriately turning the dial 8, the color of the light spot 10 appearing on the screen 3 can be changed to one of the four colors or to two different colors depending on the place.

If you want to erase the picture drawn in this way and draw a new picture, you can put all the iron balls 16 back into the holes 14 of the shading plate 12 as in the beginning.

Although the illustrated embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the back plate of the screen portion can be omitted, and the light reflecting member, the color filter, and the means for rotating the same can also be omitted. Further, the magnet is not only attached to the pen-shaped member, but may be directly moved by another appropriate member or by hand. In addition, the members constituting the toy of the present invention can be designed in an appropriate shape and structure.

[Advantage of Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the holes of the light shielding plate forming the screen are shielded by the light shield made of a magnetic material, and the light shield is emitted from the holes by the force of the magnet on the screen. Since the light is made to pass through the holes in the plate, a locus of light appears on the screen as the magnet moves, and you can draw any picture as if you were drawing a line with a pen. Since the picture is composed of dots of light, it gives an impression that is different from the picture drawn with conventional drawing toys, and in addition, it can be drawn in a dark place, where the picture looks more prominent. Is obtained.

In addition, it does not require special writing tools other than magnets, it is easy to erase drawn lines, and no tools are required for it. Suitable as a toy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a part of the embodiment of FIG. 1 by breaking it, and FIG.
The figure which expands and shows a part of surface of a light-shielding plate, FIG. 4, and 5
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along lines IV-IV and VV in FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a state where the light shield has moved, and FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the embodiment. 1 …… Drawing toy, 2 …… Housing, 3 …… Screen, 4
...... Power switch, 5 Pen, 6 Groove, 7 Open, 8 Dial, 9 Magnet, 10 Light spot, 11
Front plate, 12 ... Shading plate, 13 ... Back plate, 14 ... Hole, 15 ...
… Concave part, 16 …… iron ball, 17 …… light reflecting surface, 18 …… light reflecting member, 19 …… opening, 20 …… axis pin, 21 …… back cover, 22 …… bulb, 23 …… battery, 24 …… ring gear, 25 …… color film, 26 …… color filter, 27, 28 …… small gear, 29
……Axis of rotation.

Claims (5)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A light-shielding plate in which a large number of light-transmitting holes and a plurality of recesses formed in a step-like manner following the holes are arranged, and a magnetic body having a shape that shields the holes from the surface side of the light-shielding plate. A light-shielding member, a light-transmitting front plate that covers the surface of the light-shielding plate, and a light source arranged on the back side of the light-shielding plate, and the light-shielding member in the hole of the light-shielding plate. A drawing toy characterized in that a magnet is positioned on a surface plate, and the magnetic force causes the light shield to move from the hole to the recess to allow light to pass through the hole of the light shield. 2. The drawing toy according to claim 1, wherein the surface plate is formed of a colored transparent plate having low brightness. 3. The drawing toy according to claim 1, wherein a milky white back plate is attached to the back side of the light shielding plate. 4. The drawing toy according to claim 1, wherein the magnet is attached to the tip of a pen and the magnet is moved by holding the pen on the surface plate. 5. A disc-shaped color filter partitioned into a plurality of color regions is rotatably arranged between the light shield plate and the light source, and the color filter is manually rotated to form holes in the light shield plate. The drawing toy according to claim 1, wherein the color of light passing through is changed.